Why do conservatives always find themselves on the wrong side of history?

Let me know. Educate me. Make me understand. I'm all ears. Why? Why is it that with every major positive change in these United States, you're on
the wrong side of the field? Level with me here. Throw some mud at me while you're at it!

How about allowing two consenting adults to freely marry and have the same rights as the rest of us? Oh that was a no no for conservatives as well! You couldn't stand on the right
side of history on that issue either. Lord knows we need to tell non-whites and whites in our States who they *must* marry. Thankfully with the Loving
V. Virginia Supreme Court case of 67', another loss.

More recently it was conservatives couldn't stand for gays and lesbians
gaining the right to
marriage. That fell with Obergefell v. Hodges a mere two years ago. Another loss

-Abortion? The decision on whether women have the right to choose. Conservatives lead the charge against
granting this right to women. Brought down by the Roe V. Wade ruling of 73'. Another
loss.

I mean we look at all these major social turning points in history, and I always seem to find those on the right to be on the wrong side, the
losing side, the side that wanted to maintain the status quo.

If you took away all the stuff Conservatives had brought you might well have never left port from Plymouth, UK as a nation. You might have ended up
like South America, as disorganized as they are.

I value the evolutionary activity of the Conservatives and I like the social strengths/activities/reforms of the Liberals. I don't like it when either
get radicalized; I don't like extremism.

Mutual respect is always in order. Your redaction of Conservative activity would leave you possibly in a cave dreaming of better days, but with no
entrepreneurial spirit to push the boundaries of business, law, finance, infrastructure, architecture, et c that make up civilization.

It's all perspective I guess. You consider all the things you listed to be positive changes. Others consider them to be negatives. I consider it a
mixed bag. But, sort of like in war, just because one side loses some battles, doesn't mean they are going to lose the war. The loser in a war isn't
always the side that's the most evil either. History shows that as well.

Hmm ... there were Republican Slave owners during the Civil War? Interesting ... Also, during the time after the Civil War .... Jim Crows laws were
pushed by the Republicans? As a Centrist I can see better now how the those to my left thinks and how well our educational system is working...
Thanks.

It ain't over til the Fat Lady sings, and so long as even one person is willing to stand up for what they believe in, a cause is not lost. Trying to
tell someone that it is, is trying to convince them they've lost the fight before it's over in an attempt to preempt the struggle you know is
coming.

Do you think that guy was on the wrong side of history? How many decades were the abolitionists on the wrong side of history in this country? And they
were told they were on the wrong side of history.

The dirty truth is that not you or anyone else knows what history is or will be because because history by definition implies its all in the past and
done with. You can't be on the wrong side of a history that hasn't happened yet.

How foolish does Obama look right at the moment after all his proclamations about the Arab Spring ... and Gaddafi ... and Egypt? Recall that his
position was the right side of history before we even knew what that would be, and now it looks like maybe he was wrong.

No and they have no consistent standards when they use that argument either.

It is mysteriously always applied to things they want, and they might point to how a majority of entities have laws that do what they want (socialized
medicine) and then scream that if you don't want it you're on the wrong side of history. However, if they are in the mode of championing the
oppressed, they will point to the supposedly oppressed minority (transgenders) and push against a majority screaming that the majority is on the wrong
side of history.

Lol...OP...being the Liberal you are, keep expecting the government to care for you and yours.

I, and other Conservatives like me, will continue to try and make our way the best we can by actually earning what we have and not having everything
handed to us by Uncle Sugar (slang for US Government).

I disagree with almost everything you think and say. And I am quite sure I am right. If you feel the same way, we have what's called a conundrum.
Or in the real world, it's called differing opinions. It's what brings about fantastic ideas that change the shape of humanity. You should get out
more.

This is about conservative/liberal. Back then, the Southern Democrats were conservative (i.e., states rights, less federal government, less taxes,
etc.). The Southern states are still full of conservatives - they just switched parties.

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